خُنَانٌ
Root: خن
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خُنَانٌ
A certain disease that attacks in the nose: a disease that attack camels in their nostrils, and from which they die; a rheum that affects camels; in camels, like the
زُكَام
in human beings. زَمَنُ الخُنَانِ [The time of the
خنان] was in the age of ElMundhir Ibn-Má-es-Semà; in consequence thereof the camels died: it is well known with the Arabs, is mentioned in their verses, and became an era to them.
2 Also A certain disease that attacks birds in their throats.
3 And A certain disease in the eye.
2 Also A certain disease that attacks birds in their throats.
3 And A certain disease in the eye.
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